Juventus played host to Atletico Madrid in the return leg of Champions League's round-16 tie on Tuesday night, knowing that not less than three goals without conceding will see them through to the next round of the competition.

Luckily, the Bianconeri have a big-game changer in person of Cristiano Ronaldo, who was all over the pitch throughout the encounter.

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid world-class striker found the back of the net in the 27th minute to give the home side a glimpse of hope, made it 2-0 two minutes after the restart, then completed his hat-trick from the spot on 86 minutes.

Ronaldo's match-winning display hasn't gone unnoticed by Nigerians, who took to their respective Twitter handles to shower praise on the Portuguese legend.

Here are some of their tweets :

Husnainbhatti @Husnain666 praised Ronaldo for his legendary showing as he tweets:  "Legend does it again @ Cristiano @juventusfcen #Hattrick"

Man United @UnitedDele chose Ronaldo over Messi as he tweets : "Who pissed this guy off? Did someone say Messi was better than Ronaldo ?"